A short article lby Alex Thurston, a Visiting Assistant Professor of African Studies at Georgetown University, whose book was published in late 2017, 'Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist...
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Five Myths about Boko Haram
A short article lby Alex Thurston, a Visiting Assistant Professor of African Studies at Georgetown University, whose book was published in late 2017, 'Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist...
Boko Haram and AQ
An article from CTC's Sentinel and the Abstract says:Link:https://ctc.usma.edu/posts/a-jihadi-takeover-bid-in-nigeria-the-evolving-relationship-between-boko-haram-and-al-qaida
A book for the background, not the reality today
Hat tip to WoTR for this book review of Alexander Thurston's 'Boko Haram: The History of an African Jihadist Movement' by a US SOF officer who has served recently in Nigeria....
Who will protect Nigeria’s northern Christians?
Missed this article; with a sub-title 'Every week, there are more massacres, but nobody seems to mind — not even their own government'...
King Jaja we need you
King Jaja, our only declared Nigerian member hasn't posted for a long time, but I miss his on the ground perspective.
Hat tip to WoTR for this article by a John Hopkins University researcher,...
Isis tries to impose new leader on Boko Haram in Nigeria
A somewhat strange report, especially when it says:
Link:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/05/isis-tries-to-impose-new-leader-on-boko-haram-in-nigeria?
Tell that to the people of Iraq...
Nigeria to resume payments to oil militants in Niger Delta
An update on Post 233 from the BBC:Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36953269
Some once more the regional "Prussians" are in...
Some once more the regional "Prussians" are in their "technicals" and riding to the rescue of Niger, after a Boko Haram attack on a border town. Apparently all part of a regional coalition offensive,...
Paying insurgents to stop, what happens when Nigeria stopped
Nigeria's other insurgency, in the oil-rich Delta Province, has started again; as if Nigeria hasn't got problems already.
I'd only recently read, in Virginia Comolli's book about the payouts:Link...
#BringBackOurGirls: reflections
Hat tip to WoTR for this article on the abduction of hundreds of Christian schoolgirls from a school in NE Nigeria, now two years ago. A crime that led to a Twitter and more campaign that appears to...
Thomas Fessey, BBC World Service, has a written...
Thomas Fessey, BBC World Service, has a written report and a short film report on Boko Haram activity in Chad:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-35882396 and...
The Nature of Nigeria’s Boko Haram War, 2010-2015: A Strategic Analysis
A Nigerian academic's paper via Perspectives on Terrorism, only given a quick glance so far. The Abstract:
Link: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/488/963
Small ally helps much bigger neighbour
Several news agency reports, presumably based on an official press release by the Cameroon, that a town, Goshi in northern Nigeria, was re-taken by Cameroon's special forces, with:...
Join us or die: the birth of Boko Haram
A "long read" article, adapted from a forthcoming book; sub-titled:
Link:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/04/join-us-or-die-birth-of-boko-haram
Nigeria has "technically won the war"
A BBC report on Xmas Eve:
Link:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35173618
There's nothing like being an optimist.
A special article in the FT on Nigeria, which for...
A special article in the FT on Nigeria, which for once makes little mention of Boko Haram and has some intriguing passages. For once a bit of...
Hurrah
Kingjaja,
Indeed welcome back, it is good to have a local posting, truly "on the ground".
Both sides adjust: the effect?
A short update in The Economist:
This is not a surprise, given there is new President, but maybe unwise hence my emphasis:...
It's hard to give up a brother
Lindsey Hilsum, UK C4's chief international reporter, has been in Northern Cameroon, where Nigerian activity appears to be pushing Boko Haram across the international border - which straddles the...
Thank you Echo Bravo for that pithy...
Thank you Echo Bravo for that pithy assessment.:wry:
SOFREP have a five-part series on Eeben Barlow's work in Nigeria. Part...
Eeben's approach: relentless pursuit
Nearly missed this, note a secondary report:
Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/11596210/South-African-mercenaries-secret-war-on-Boko-Haram.html
Behind name changes is what?
A short BBC Africa report, with the headline: 'Islamic State strengthens ties with Boko Haram':http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32435614
Name changes then.
Cameroon, Nigeria's eastern neighbour rarely...
Cameroon, Nigeria's eastern neighbour rarely features in external reporting, partly as its president has been in power since 1982, so hat tip to WoTR for a...
Dad's Army in Nigeria: South Africa's aging mercenaries
A round up in The Guardian on those black and white South Africans, who fought thirty years ago in their 'small wars', notably in SW Africa (now Namibia) and today "advising" in...
Advisers on display
The next two Vice film clips are now available. The second is not great and in places one did wonder what the Nigerian Army was doing (from my amateur...